Examples of CLERK

Have the court clerk file your request with the judge.

He works as a clerk in a local pet store.

a sales clerk at a women's clothing store

Origin of CLERK

Middle English, from Anglo-French clerk & Old English cleric, clerc, both from Late Latin clericus, from Late Greek klērikos, from Greek klēros lot, inheritance (in allusion to Deuteronomy 18:2), stick of wood; akin to Greek klan to break — more at clast